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Going nowhere never again.

China Overland Part 3 is live: Golmud to Shigatse on the high road to Tibet via G109, Qinghai-Tibet Highway, Kunlun Pass, Hoh Xil, Tuotuohe, Yangtze headwaters, Tanggula Pass, Amdo, Nagqu, yak pasture, Tibetan antelope, railway engineering, oxygen hotels, and Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. Altitude charged rent. Oxygen filed paperwork. Thin air, big views.

https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/09/china-overland-golmud-shigatse-qinghai-tibet-highway-tanggula-nagqu.html

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China Overland Part 2 is live: Kashgar to Golmud around the Tarim Basin. Kuqa bazaar, Qiuci music, Subashi Buddhist Ruins, Bosten Lake, Turpan karez, Flaming Mountains, Bezeklik, Tuyugou, Hami, Dunhuang, Mogao Caves, and the G215 high-desert run. China did not do small. Our tires noticed.

https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2026/06/china-overland-kashgar-kuqa-turpan-dunhuang-golmud-tarim-basin.html

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China blog drop: two foreign vehicles from Sary-Tash to Irkeshtam, Wuqia paperwork purgatory, temporary plates, one dramatic VIN plate, then Kashgar Old Town with tea houses, nang, music, camels, Id Kah Mosque square, and Silk Road night magic. Overlanding. With forms. Many forms. China did not do small. Two trucks. One border. Zero shortcuts. Forms with scenery.

https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/08/china-overland-irkeshtam-border-wuqia-kashgar-old-town.html

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My other life. Here exploring abandoned Nightingale Tungsten ore (Scheelite) mine in remote north west Nevada. The mine was opened in 1917 and closed in 1956 after the demands of the Korean War subsided. Apparently Tungsten is used for armor piercing munitions.

https://youtube.com/shorts/uCK3M25BuwA

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At least in the end there are - some - flowers.

Tajikistan blog is live.

We drove Shehzadi across the Pamir Highway, Wakhan Corridor, Khargush Pass, Ak-Baital, Karakul, and Kyzyl-Art. One cliff-edge rescue, one shepherd-family shelter, and more altitude than common sense recommends.

https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/08/tajikistan-pamir-highway-wakhan-khargush-ak-baital-karakul-overland.html

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